Le design, une solution à chaque problème

June 27, 2024
9:00 - 10:00A PST

Keynote

Le design, une solution à chaque problème

Cette journée va commencer sur la scène principale par une série d'interventions consacrées à la puissance du design dans des domaines autres que les logiciels. Les intervenants s'appuieront sur leurs travaux de création d'expériences et de produits pour mettre en lumière la créativité, les innovations et les designs qui nous entourent.

Karla Mickens Cole & Nashilu Mouen & Refik Anadol & Meredith Black & Simone Giertz

9:00 - 9:20A

Leaving fingerprints: product, design & stories at The Browser Company

9:20 - 9:40A

À la croisée de l'art et de la technologie

9:40 - 10:00A

Les robots « merdiques » : un rémède au perfectionnisme

9:00 - 9:20A

Leaving fingerprints: product, design & stories at The Browser Company

The best products are built for people. The best products are built by people. Over this talk, Karla and Nash will propose a different way to design products and stories. One that asks us not to abstract ourselves out of the process. One that asks us to leave our fingerprints.

Karla Mickens Cole

elle / elle

Product Designer & Brand Lead at The Browser Company

Karla Cole, a Product Designer at The Browser Company, leverages experiences from Facebook/Instagram, The New York Times, and Big Spaceship. A VCU BFA graduate and published artist, she merges art and tech to transform digital experiences.

Nashilu Mouen

elle / elle

Head of Storytelling at The Browser Company

Nashilu is the Head of Storytelling at The Browser Company, where she leads the team in redefining how a tech company shows up and feels through brand, positioning, and go-to-market. Before then, she led go-to-market at Clay, and invested in brilliant people taking big swings at First Round Capital. A firm believer in telling the stories that have yet to be told, in the hours outside of work, you’ll find her somewhere in Brooklyn, writing about the world around us and asking what could be.

9:20 - 9:40A

À la croisée de l'art et de la technologie

Découvrez la convergence de l'art et de la technologie lors de la conférence avec Refik Anadol. Artiste accompli, réalisateur et pionnier de l'intelligence artificielle, Refik a joué un rôle essentiel dans le façonnement de l'art numérique d'un point de vue technologique. Rejoignez-nous pour découvrir son parcours artistique, l'inspiration qui se cache derrière ses œuvres remarquables et un aperçu de ses projets à venir.

Refik Anadol

il / lui

Director at Refik Anadol Studios

Refik Anadol is an internationally renowned media artist, director, and pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence. Anadol’s work locates creativity at the intersection of humans and machines. Taking the data that surrounds us as primary material, and the neural network of a computerized mind as a collaborator, Anadol offers us radical visualizations of our digitized memories and expands the possibilities of interdisciplinary arts. Anadol’s works encourage us to rethink our engagement with the physical world, collective experiences, public art, decentralized networks, and the creative potential of AI.

Meredith Black

She / her

Director of DesignOps at Figma

Meredith Black is the Director of DesignOps at Figma where she focuses her time at the crossroads of design and operations. Prior she has pioneered DesignOps at Pinterest and consulted with the New York Times. Meredith is also the the co-founder of DesignOps Assembly where her collaborative approach and innovative strategies have helped propel DesignOps Assembly into a hub for knowledge-sharing and community building within the design operations space. She also co-hosts the podcast, Reconsidering, which discusses topics on how to live a better and more fulfilled life.

9:40 - 10:00A

Les robots « merdiques » : un rémède au perfectionnisme

Dans cette conférence, l'inventrice et YouTubeuse Simone Giertz évoque ses projets créatifs et la manière dont elle a surmonté son anxiété relative aux performances en prenant une gifle par un robot.

Simone Giertz

She/her

Inventor, Robotics Enthusiast, YouTuber

Simone Giertz, the "Queen of Shitty Robots," is a trailblazing inventor and creator known for her unique approach to engineering and design. Her journey began with intentionally impractical robots, showcasing her commitment to embracing failure as an integral part of the creative process. With a global YouTube fan base (2M+), Simone shares humorous adventures in building, breaking, and reimagining robots, inspiring a new generation of makers to find joy in failure. Beyond YouTube, Simone captivates audiences with her blend of humor, storytelling and engineer expertise to deliver a fresh perspective on innovation, creativity, and the importance of embracing imperfections. Featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Wired Magazine, and a TED talk with millions of views, Simone Giertz continues to prove that innovation is not just about success but also the adventure and lessons found in the pursuit of the unknown.